Laura K. Field

Laura K. Field is a Scholar in Residence at the Niskanen Center and an associate with the Illiberalism Studies Program at George Washington University. A political theorist by training, she holds a doctoral degree in government from the University of Texas at Austin, and has held faculty positions at Georgetown and American University. In addition to her academic work, Field has written for The New Republic, Politico, The Bulwark, Le Monde, The New York Times, and The Atlantic. Her book, Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right, is out with Princeton University Press.

 

Laura K. Field posts

Podcasts

The intellectual support for Trumpism

18 Mar 2026 Matt Grossmann, Laura K. Field
Media

Op-Ed: Charles Kesler sees the light

25 Aug 2022 Laura K. Field
Media

Op-Ed: The decay at the Claremont Institute continues

21 Apr 2022 Laura K. Field
Studies
Open Society

Frederick Douglass' 1876 Report

27 Jan 2022 Laura K. Field
Media

Op-Ed: Even as his big conspiracy theory crumbles, Darren Beattie's star continues to rise in Trump world

18 Jan 2022 Laura K. Field
Media

Op-Ed: The Limits of Liberal Science

04 Nov 2021 Laura K. Field
Media

Op-Ed: The Claremont Institute's bogus censorship charge

18 Oct 2021 Laura K. Field
Commentary
Open Society

The Highbrow Conspiracism of the New Intellectual Right: A Sampling From the Trump Years

19 Apr 2021 Laura K. Field
Commentary
Open Society

A Common Script for Dislodging Trumpism

02 Mar 2021 Laura K. Field
Commentary
Open Society

Revisiting "Why Liberalism Failed:" A Five-Part Series

21 Dec 2020 Laura K. Field
Commentary

Why Liberalism Failed: A Postmortem?

21 Dec 2020 Laura K. Field
Commentary

Revisiting Why Liberalism Failed Part 4: Patrick Deneen's Twin Depletions of Education and Freedom

21 Dec 2020 Laura K. Field
Commentary

Revisiting Why Liberalism Failed Part 2: Distorted Methods, Disorienting History – Deneen on the Past, Present, and Future

21 Dec 2020 Laura K. Field
Commentary

Revisiting Why Liberalism Failed Part 1: The Intellectual and Political Stakes

21 Dec 2020 Laura K. Field
Media
Political Science

Op-Ed: The Centrist Rush to Blame the Left for the Closer-Than-Expected Election

23 Nov 2020 Laura K. Field
Media

Op-Ed: The Trouble with the 'It's Not Real Fascism' Argument

31 Oct 2020 Laura K. Field
Commentary

Why Judge Amy Coney Barrett Should Stand Down

09 Oct 2020 Laura K. Field
Media

Op-Ed: Love and Loyalty in the "Liberalocracy"

16 Aug 2020 Laura K. Field
Commentary
Open Society

A Reply to the Claremont Institute's claim that "America is Not Racist"

26 Jun 2020 Laura K. Field
Commentary
Open Society

The Pandemic and the Protests: Knowledge, Authority, and the Highbrow Delusions Sustaining Trump

19 Jun 2020 Laura K. Field